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Keloid

Known as: keloids skin, keloid skin, Keloid scar 
A sharply elevated, irregularly shaped, progressively enlarging scar resulting from formation of excessive amounts of collagen in the dermis during… 
National Institutes of Health

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Adenomatous Polyposis ColiCicatrixCicatrix, HypertrophicIn Blood

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Dermatologic disordersNeoplasm, uncertain whether benign or malignantNeoplasms

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TORTICOLLIS, KELOIDS, CRYPTORCHIDISM, AND RENAL DYSPLASIA (disorder)

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Highly Cited
2010
Highly Cited
2010
142B: THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN KELOID GROWTH PATTERN AND STRETCHING TENSION-VISUAL ANALYSIS USING THE FINITE ELEMENT METHOD
Background: Keloids grow and spread both vertically and horizontally, similar in many respects to slowly growing malignant tumors… 
Highly Cited
2006
Highly Cited
2006
Treatment of coincident seronegative arthritis and hidradentis supprativa with adalimumab.
2006
2006
Granulomatous reaction to titanium alloy: an unusual reaction to ear piercing.
Highly Cited
2004
Highly Cited
2004
Clinical and Histological Healing of Surgical Wounds Treated With Mitomycin C
Objectives/Hypothesis The proven ability of mitomycin C to inhibit fibroblasts in vitro has stimulated its use in research… 
Highly Cited
1998
Highly Cited
1998
p53 and apoptosis alterations in keloids and keloid fibroblasts
Keloids are the result of a dysregulated wound‐healing process and are characterized by formation of excess scar tissue that… 
Highly Cited
1998
Highly Cited
1998
Tamoxifen Downregulates TGF-β Production in Keloid Fibroblasts
Keloids occur only in humans and are characterized by fibroblast overproduction of collagen types I and III. Keloid fibroblasts… 
1998
1998
Angiogenesis in pathological and surgical scars.
Highly Cited
1985
Highly Cited
1985
Retinoid modulation of connective tissue metabolism in keloid fibroblast cultures.
Recent observations have suggested that retinoids might affect the metabolism of the extracellular matrix of connective tissues… 
Highly Cited
1979
Highly Cited
1979
Immunoglobulin, Complement, and Histocompatibility Antigen Studies in Keloid Patients
The increased collagen synthesis and deposition, which is characteristic of keloids, may be related to an immune response… 
Highly Cited
1978
Highly Cited
1978
Differential effects of hydrocortisone on both growth and collagen metabolism of human fibroblasts from normal and keloid tissue
Cultured fibroblasts isolated from normal and keloid tissue do not differ in their growth characteristics or in the rate of… 
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